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Saulשָׁאוּלsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Come nearגֹּשׁוּhere,הֲלֹםallכֹּלthe principal menפִּנּוֹתof the people,הָעָםand knowוּדְעוּand seeוּרְאוּin whatבַּמָּהthisהַזֹּאתsinהַחַטָּאתhas beenהָיְתָהtoday.הַיּוֹם
1 Samuel 14:38
Study it in the app“Saul said, “Come near here, all the principal men of the people, and know and see in what this sin has been today.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 14:38, word by word
- Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Come nearגֹּשׁוּgoshu
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “goshu” appears- hereהֲלֹםhalom
here, hither
Here, to this place; this far.
Where else “halom” appears- the principal menפִּנּוֹתpinot
leader
The leaders of the people.
Where else “pinot” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and knowדְעוּdeu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “deu” appears- and seeרְאוּreu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reu” appears- sinחַטָּאתchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears- has beenהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
37Saul asked Elohim, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you give them into the hand of Israel?” But he did not answer him on that day.
38 · This verse (above)
39For as YHWH lives, who saves Israel, even if it is in Jonathan my son, then he shall surely die.” But no one answered him among all the people.